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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American physicist and astronaut became the first American woman in space in 1983?
(a) Sally Ride.
(b) Marianne Cooper.
(c) Michele Elam.
(d) Rosalind Einhorn.

2. For how many years does Sheryl Sandberg say her mother taught full-time after raising her children in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

3. Who is the founder of LinkedIn?
(a) Caroline O’Connor.
(b) Reid Hoffman.
(c) Pattie Sellers.
(d) Mary Sue Coleman.

4. What nonprofit to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in young people did Sheryl Sandberg’s mother found?
(a) Noise Pollution: Make it Stop.
(b) High Frequency: End of Deafness.
(c) Piercing Noise: Stop.
(d) Ear Peace: Save Your Hearing.

5. What percentage of employed mothers lack sick days and vacation leave, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) 40%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 55%.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” the author describes what individual that was “finishing up at Stanford’s Institute of Design when she was offered the chance to start a company at the same time that she learned she was pregnant”?

2. In what year did Sheryl Sandberg give a TED speech titled "Why we have too few women leaders”?

3. Of Yale alumni who had reached their forties by 2000, what percentage of the men remained in the workforce, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

4. The author states in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” that in 2009, married middle-income parents worked about how many more hours per week than in 1979?

5. Fred Kofman is described in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” as a former MIT professor and the author of what book?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what context does the author discuss Sabeen Virani in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”? Why did Sabeen Virani contact the author?

2. Who does the author praise for embracing emotion in the workplace in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

3. What does the author write of Tina Fey in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

4. What does Sandberg say often creates a double standard and compels women to leave the workplace in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

5. What is the first step to moving forward past gender bias in the workplace, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

6. What study does the author cite in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” as an indication of the power a partner has in a woman’s career choices?

7. What website and organization does the author promote in the Afterword: “Let’s Keep Talking”?

8. What study regarding “gatekeeping behaviors” is discussed in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

9. What does the author write of Nora Ephron in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

10. Who is one example that is cited by the author as an individual who had to make an immediate choice between career and family in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

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